Rooney spends the night in with Coleen after Man United's title triumph

Wayne Rooney was conspicuous by his absence from Manchester United's title-winning celebrations on Saturday night.

The striker, who scored the penalty that secured a 1-1 draw at Blackburn and with it a record 19th League crown, clearly did not have a pass-out to join his team-mates.

As the rest of the squad partied at Rio Ferdinand's Rosso restaurant in Manchester city centre Rooney tweeted that he was at home with wife Coleen. But he still declared himself content as a 'Scouser and Everton fan who beat Liverpool's 18 titles'.

Ryan Giggs, 37, English football's most decorated player with 12 Premier League winner's medals, took the microphone and led the singing, to the delight of his colleagues and other diners.

Portuguese winger Nani was the butt of the team's jibes as they sang: 'You're just a bad Michael Jackson'.

The players pleaded with 40-year-old goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar, planning to retire after the Champions League final against Barcelona at Wembley on Saturday week, to carry on and chanted: 'One more year, one more year'.

An appropriate tribute was directed at their former club captain, who quit playing earlier this year: 'Gary Neville is a Red, he hates Scousers.'